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CVE-2026-14940: 389-ds-base: 389-ds-base: heap-buffer-overflow in dn normalization via quoted multivalued rdn

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-07-07 · updated 2026-07-09
• Weakness: CWE-122

Description

A heap-buffer-overflow flaw was found in 389 Directory Server (389-ds-base). When normalizing a Distinguished Name (DN) that contains a legacy-quoted value encoding a multivalued nested Relative Distinguished Name (RDN), the server can write past the end of a heap allocation while sorting RDN attribute-value pairs. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger this condition by sending an LDAP operation whose DN reaches the DN normalization routine, such as a search with a crafted base DN. This can corrupt heap memory and may cause denial of service.

Affected products

• Red Hat 389 Directory Server: all versions
• RedHat Directory Server: 11.0, 12.0, 13.0
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-14940
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2497697

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